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Official title: To modify the responsibilities of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts, and for other purposes.
Introduced August 19, 2025 by Sydney Kamlager-Dove · Last progress August 19, 2025
The bill substantially improves evacuation, reunification, resettlement coordination, and oversight for Afghan allies and families—enhancing safety and U.S. credibility—while increasing federal costs, centralizing sensitive data (raising privacy risks), narrowing eligibility for some vulnerable people, and creating reauthorization uncertainty.
Afghan applicants, allies, and their families will have clearer, faster, and more coordinated pathways and assistance for evacuation, resettlement, and family reunification, reducing immediate risk and hardship for people at danger.
Maintains and reinforces vetted legal pathways for Afghan allies, preserving U.S. credibility with interpreters/allies and helping protect national security by encouraging future cooperation with U.S. forces.
Creates centralized oversight, reporting, and a secure operational database so Congress and agencies have better visibility into caseloads and program performance, improving coordination and the ability to reduce delays.
Expanding coordinated vetting, resettlement services, and a centralized database will increase federal administrative and resettlement costs that taxpayers may ultimately fund.
Centralizing sensitive applicant data creates significant privacy and security risks—if breached or mismanaged, individuals and families could be endangered.
Heightened interagency vetting, security screening, and additional reporting requirements could slow processing for some applicants and divert staff time from operational casework.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Expands Coordinator duties for Afghan relocation, mandates a secure centralized State database with regular congressional reports, and sets a five‑year sunset.
Creates new responsibilities for the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts to manage and improve relocation, resettlement, vetting, and family reunification for Afghans eligible under Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), refugee, parole, and related programs. Requires a secure centralized State Department database of applicants and relocated persons, regular 90‑day reporting to Congress, and a five‑year sunset for the statute. The bill directs interagency coordination among State, DHS, and DOD; prioritizes support for voluntary departures, trauma recovery, medical care, and resettlement logistics; expands data collection and transparency; and defines eligible “covered persons.” It also preserves an inspector‑general finding that current SIV vetting is rigorous and codifies reporting and oversight requirements to track progress on reunifying servicemembers, veterans, and Afghan families.